Income tax calculator South Africa

Find out how much your salary is after tax

Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
R 25 440
PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
- R 3 739
UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund)
- R 177
Total tax
- R 3 916
Net pay
* R 21 524
Marginal tax rate
26.0%
Average tax rate
15.4%
84.6%
Net pay
15.4%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
R 21 524
Net pay
R 432
Tax the employer pays
R 3 916
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
R 4 348
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer R 432 to pay you R 25 440. In other words, every time you spend R 10 of your hard-earned money, R 1.71 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
16.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 15.4% tax rate now rises to 16.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 1.4% higher than what it seemed at first.
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Summary
If you make R 305 280 a year living in South Africa, you will be taxed R 46 993. That means that your net pay will be R 258 287 per year, or R 21 524 per month. Your average tax rate is 15.4% and your marginal tax rate is 26.0%. This marginal tax rate means that your immediate additional income will be taxed at this rate. For instance, an increase of R 100 in your salary will be taxed R 26, hence, your net pay will only increase by R 74.
Bonus Example
A R 1 000 bonus will generate an extra R 740 of net incomes. A R 5 000 bonus will generate an extra R 3 700 of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Tax per income
R 25 500
R 26 000
R 26 500
R 27 000
R 27 500
R 28 000
R 28 500
R 29 000
R 29 500
R 30 000
R 30 500
R 31 000
R 31 500
R 32 000
R 32 500
R 33 000
R 33 500
R 34 000
R 34 500
R 35 000
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Ireland
ZAR 302 629
0.9%
1
United Kingdom
ZAR 300 625
1.5%
2
Switzerland
ZAR 282 853
7.4%
3
Spain
ZAR 269 668
11.7%
4
France
ZAR 267 039
12.5%
5
Russia
ZAR 265 594
13.0%
6
Norway
ZAR 265 335
13.1%
7
Luxembourg
ZAR 260 773
14.6%
8
Austria
ZAR 258 025
15.5%
9
Czech Republic
ZAR 249 240
18.4%
10
Hungary
ZAR 248 803
18.5%
11
Italy
ZAR 247 071
19.1%
12
Ukraine
ZAR 245 750
19.5%
13
Germany
ZAR 241 622
20.9%
14
Greece
ZAR 229 449
24.8%
15
Sweden
ZAR 227 836
25.4%
16
Poland
ZAR 217 399
28.8%
17
Portugal
ZAR 207 628
32.0%
18
Finland
ZAR 204 999
32.9%
19
Denmark
ZAR 204 295
33.1%
20
Belgium
ZAR 201 732
33.9%
21
Netherlands
ZAR 192 115
37.1%
22
Romania
ZAR 178 589
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
ZAR 265 713
13.0%
1
Canada
ZAR 228 074
25.3%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
ZAR 289 837
5.1%
1
Australia
ZAR 285 228
6.6%
2
Thailand
ZAR 280 174
8.2%
3
Taiwan
ZAR 278 302
8.8%
4
South Korea
ZAR 265 057
13.2%
5
Pakistan
ZAR 260 903
14.5%
6
New Zealand
ZAR 258 139
15.4%
7
Indonesia
ZAR 256 573
16.0%
8
Malaysia
ZAR 256 542
16.0%
9
Japan
ZAR 246 390
19.3%
10
Philippines
ZAR 244 334
20.0%
11
Singapore
ZAR 243 599
20.2%
12
Kazakhstan
ZAR 242 558
20.6%
13
Vietnam
ZAR 232 288
23.9%
14
China
ZAR 215 629
29.4%
15
India
ZAR 215 139
29.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
ZAR 276 008
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
ZAR 275 875
9.6%
2
Costa Rica
ZAR 273 226
10.5%
3
Ecuador
ZAR 272 029
10.9%
4
Colombia
ZAR 268 385
12.1%
5
Panama
ZAR 260 709
14.6%
6
Chile
ZAR 248 511
18.6%
7
Mexico
ZAR 246 829
19.2%
8
Peru
ZAR 236 335
22.6%
9
Uruguay
ZAR 234 954
23.0%
10
Brazil
ZAR 231 451
24.2%
11
Argentina
ZAR 198 307
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
ZAR 258 287
15.4%
1
Mozambique
ZAR 229 742
24.7%
2
Angola
ZAR 225 214
26.2%
3
Morocco
ZAR 224 333
26.5%
4
Kenya
ZAR 222 828
27.0%
5
Ivory Coast
ZAR 220 456
27.8%
6
Ghana
ZAR 219 920
28.0%
7
Nigeria
ZAR 209 891
31.3%
8
Cameroon
ZAR 208 111
31.8%
9
Uganda
ZAR 203 731
33.3%
10
Senegal
ZAR 201 595
34.0%
11
Zambia
ZAR 193 010
36.8%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
ZAR 290 016
5.0%
1
Qatar
ZAR 290 016
5.0%
2
Bahrain
ZAR 280 858
8.0%
3
Oman
ZAR 280 858
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
ZAR 274 752
10.0%
5
Kuwait
ZAR 271 699
11.0%
6
Israel
ZAR 265 136
13.2%
7
Egypt
ZAR 233 940
23.4%
8
Lebanon
ZAR 232 371
23.9%
9
Turkey
ZAR 173 400
43.2%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the tables of South Africa, income tax. For simplification purposes some variables (such as marital status and others) have been assumed. This document does not represent legal authority and shall be used for approximation purposes only.